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Tonto

The Question: What does the term "kemosabe" mean? The name The Lone Ranger used to call his Indian friend, Tonto. I'm quite sure it doesn't mean "friend",…

New Jersey Devils 1999 Roster By Statistics

Top ScorersGmGAPts+/-PMPPPetr Sykora80294372162215Bobby Holik78273764161195Brian Rolston8224335711145Jason Arnott7427275410798Patrik Elias7417335019343Brendan Morrison*76133346-4185Scott…

Andrew Jackson Biography

Andrew JacksonBorn: 3/15/1767Birthplace: Waxhaw, S.C. Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in what is now generally agreed to be Waxhaw, S.C. After a turbulent boyhood as an orphan and…

History of July 4 Celebrations

  America's biggest secular holiday John Adams wrote that the Fourth of July "...ought to be celebrated by pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations…

The Devil's Dictionary: Forma Pauperis

by Ambrose Bierce FORKFRANKALMOIGNEFORMA PAUPERIS -[Latin] In the character of a poor person - a method by which a litigant without money for lawyers is considerately permitted to lose his…

William BURLEIGH, Congress, ME (1785-1827)

BURLEIGH William , a Representative from Maine; born in Northwood, Rockingham County, N.H., October 24, 1785; moved with his parents to Gilmanton, N.H., in 1788; attended the common schools and…

Brewer's: Adamastor

Adamas′tor The spirit of the stormy Cape (Good Hope), described by Camoëns in the Lusiad as a hideous phantom. According to Barreto, he was one of the giants who invaded heaven. Source:…